Anonymous

6.4

United States Of America

Drama History Thriller

130 min

2011

Claudius von Stolzmann Laura Lo Zito Katrin Pollitt Axel Sichrovsky Christian Sengewald James Clyde Detlef Bothe Shaun Lawton Richard Durden Paula Schramm Gode Benedix Nic Romm Henry Lloyd-Hughes Oliver Rickenbacher Alfred Hartung Mike Maas Jonas Hämmerle André Kaczmarczyk Trystan Pütter Nino Sandow Patrick Heyn Patrick Diemling Helen Baxendale Vicky Krieps Lloyd Hutchinson Sam Reid Xavier Samuel Edward Hogg Rafe Spall Sebastian Armesto Vanessa Redgrave Joely Richardson David Thewlis Rhys Ifans Paolo De Vita Trystan Gravelle Robert Emms John Keogh Ned Dennehy Jasper Britton Mark Rylance James Garnon Alex Hassell Derek Jacobi Julian Bleach Tony Way Jamie Campbell Bower

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.